The Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a vigorously contested bill restricting access to abortion. The bill closely resembles one that the House passed last month, and which was stalled in the closing minutes of a special session of the legislature by an 11-hour filibuster by State Senator Wendy Davis.
Former President George W. Bush is delivered remarks at a naturalization ceremony of 20 candidates for United States citizenship at his presidential library in Dallas, Texas. During an appearance on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, Bush said it looks like an immigration overhaul has a chance to pass Congress and that it's important to fix "a broken system."
Medicare is proposing paying doctors for managing Medicare patients with multiple chronic conditions starting in 2015. In the meantime, a Medicare plan to deny an Eli Lily diagnostic test to patients unless they are enrolled in a clinical trial is decried by some Alzheimer's treatment advocates.